The very first movie I took my oldest son to was George of the Jungle. I think he was about 4 at the time. He was pretty amazed with the large stadium style theater. Just before the lights went out, he gave me a golden moment that I will treasure always when he looked up at me and said: "Daddy, I like being with you." 7 years later These memories came to me today as my oldest son and I sat in the exact same theater waiting for King Kong to begin. Before the movie started I told him the story of what he had said seven years earlier. I knew going in that the Kong on the screen was computer animation. Even knowing that, this Kong looked so real, so life like. Remember how real the dinosaurs looked in the Jurassic Park series? These dinos make those look like guys in a dino suit. Many times when you see a fight or battle in a preview, you worry that you have seen all the good parts. Not so here. The battle between Kong and the T-Rex that you see in the preview lasts for at least ten minutes in the movie. At the end of this and several scenes, you can hear the audience take a collective breath. Picture the attention to detail of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy combined with the intensity of the first Jurassic Park. At the end of the time on Skull Island, I found myself thinking that we have gotten to see all this and they have not even arrived in New York yet. Even thought you know how it is going to end, it is still a great ride. Rating: 5 out of 5 ticket stubs. Toward the end of the movie, my 11 year old son grabs my arm, curls up next to me and says: "Daddy, I like being with you." |
